overcominglyadv.
/ˌəʊvəˈkʌmɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkəmɪŋli/ In an overcoming manner; presumptuously; overwhelmingly, overpoweringly.
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the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [adverb]
jollily13..
presumptuouslyc1425
presumptiouslya1500
presumantlyc1536
presumingly1599
overweeningly1611
arrogatingly1652
overcomingly1653
presumptorily1681
assumingly1839
hubristically1907
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adverb]
fouleOE
foullyOE
puantlya1529
stinkingly1545
rammishly1567
noisomely1589
stinking1589
rankfully1607
rancidly1637
sulphuriously1638
pungently1658
rankly1661
sulphureously1677
overcomingly1840
loud1871
unfragrantly1883
malodorously1903
1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix iii. 73 That they should so boldly and overcomingly dictate to him such things as are not fit.
1840 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 195 Smelling over~comingly of musk.
1906 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 26 June in Mark Twain–Howells Lett. (1960) 814 It [a poem]..would have been overcomingly moving, at times, but for the haltings.
1995 F. G. Speck Midwinter Rites Cayuga Long House 171 The sense of plurality of forces invoked is strong, the panoramic host of visions of source and spiritual influences from without is overcomingly present.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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